For fashionistas, The Nation has helpfully arranged a slideshow of the many coloured blazers worn by Thailand’s King Bhumibol in recent months. The show is accompanied by a new song composed and performed by an Australian, Kelly Newton-Wordsworth. It is titled “Long Live the King of Thailand”.
Is this the ballad of choice for the upcoming royal celebrations?
“A husband, a father and a king…”
November 22nd, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 3 Comments
Tags: Sufficiency Economy · Thailand
The nouveau riche?
November 22nd, 2007 by Book Zone, Guest Contributor · 4 Comments
‘Child labour’ and child prostitution in Thailand: changing realities (2007) by Simon Baker (ISBN: 9789744801166). Simon Baker is an Australian scholar, who carried out PhD field research in Khonkaen in 1996. That research is the basis of this book.
His study concludes that Thai children are better off than ever - they are the beneficiaries of Thailand’s economic [...]
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